Burren Smokehouse and Visitor Centre

Kincora Road, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare.

Just off the main square in historic Lisdoonvarna, this highly acclaimed, award winning traditional smokehouse owned by Peter and Birgitta Curtin produces superb smoked salmon and locally caught mackerel, and also smokes cheeses from some of Clare’s renowned cheese makers. The Burren smokehouse is also home to a delightful Gourmet Food Shop stoked with superb Irish artisan produce, a charming Craft Shop and a very informative Visitor Centre, where you can see a traditional smoker and view their audio-visual presentation.

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Cavistons Seafood Restaurant & Food Emporium

59 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

Based in the quaint south County Dublin village of Glasthule, Peter Caviston's 'Caviston’s Food Emporium', a landmark eatery, has been attracting custom from far and wide for almost 60 years! From its modest fish-shop origins, this family-run business has expanded to provide an impressive range of products spanning the seafood and delicatessen spectrum. For a culinary adventure par excellence, dine at Caviston’s Seafood Restaurant, where the atmosphere matches the food and true freshness, excellence and customer-satisfaction is always guaranteed.

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Country Choice

25 Kenyon Street, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

Peter & Mary Ward’s passion for good food is palpable as soon as you enter their wonderfully buzzy eatery and deli in Nenagh. Whether you’re lunching at leisure over Peter’s infamous Beef & Guinness Casserole or simply popping in to take home some of Mary’s divine homemade chutneys, jams, preserves and dressings, you can’t help but become immersed in the characterful enthusiasm that exudes form this dynamic duo.

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Donnybrook Fair Restaurant, Food Hall & Cookery School

89 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

This urban restaurant, cookery school, deli and foodstore has everything a food lover will need from all over the country and even further a field. The extensive food-hall is stocked to the rafters with a mixture of fine artisan and gourmet speciality items and store-cupboard essentials. A dedicated butchery, fish counter and wonderful freshly baked breads, pastries, cakes and take-out hot and cold lunches, and not to mention the wonderful contemporary restaurant upstairs with menus that combine the finest seasonal Irish ingredients with flavours from around the world.

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Dunne & Crescenzi

14 - 16 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2.

When Eileen Dunne And her husband, Stefano Crescenzi opened their unassuming wine shop on Dublin’s Frederick Street, in 1999, they weren’t to know how quickly it was to become a well-loved institution. The room is buzzing with politicians and students, lunching ladies and the literati. What better place to enjoy simple food, late into the evening with a bottle or two of Amarone. A real Dublin gem!

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Fallon & Byrne

11- 17 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2.

What did we ever do without Fallon and Byrne?! This wonderful gourmet emporium housed in a magnificently restored building on Exchequer Street is stocked with the choicest selection of artisan products from throughout Ireland and beyond including many Good Food Ireland favourites. With an impressive food hall, a fine wine cellar and a contemporary chic restaurant, it is perhaps the most diverse one-stop-shop and a veritable Mecca for Irish food lovers.

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Farmgate Country Store & Restaurant

Broderick Street, Midleton, Co Cork.

If there’s one thing Farmgate’s owner Máróg O’Brien possesses in abundance, it’s a passion for great food. As far back as twenty-odd years ago, when her lively café/restaurant first opened, she was leading the way in sourcing quality Irish produce and masterminding simple cooking techniques, to create this legendary gem of a place to eat. The town’s now famous gourmet reputation was no doubt helped along by her presence on the food scene. She’s still influencing, all these years later.

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Food Store (The)

Ballyhaunis Road, Claremorris, Co Mayo.

Niall Heffernan's food store is, in fact, a combination of three separate groups under one roof. First of all, there is fresh meat, all locally sourced and the ready-to-cook dishes using the meats are available, then the Deli Counter and finally the Bakery. The range of foods is astonishing, with a total of some 200 products available, everything is beautifully displayed on the various counters.

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Gallic Kitchen (The)

Main Street, Abbeyleix, Co Laois.

The Gallic Kitchen was started in Dublin around twenty years ago with a shop and a production kitchen. Sarah Webb produces the most delicious handmade pies, tarts, quiches, relishes, chutneys, jams and marmalade along with many other items all of which are delightfully free from additives and preservatives. A year ago, Sarah moved to Durrow, Co Laois, where she set up a commercial kitchen and, subsequently, opened a shop in Abbeyleix, which is open 7 days a week, selling wide a range of delicious produce alongside an ever-expanding range of delicatessen foods. You can indulge in a savoury or sweet nibble, or grab a fresh coffee and a snack to go. Sarah’s cosy Cafe and Deli serves the most beautiful homemade herb scones, pies and slices of quiche sat beside freshly baked homemade brown breads.

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Glasraí and Goodies

Main Street, Gowran, Co Kilkenny

Delightful gourmet shop and deli situated in the pretty village of Gowran. There is everything here for those who are serious about great Irish food, plus cookery ingredients for the enthusiastic home cook. There is also a food counter for takeaway sandwiches, home made quiches, salads, teas and coffees.

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